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Migrating Birds and Tickborne Encephalitis Virus
- Source :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 13, Iss 8, Pp 1215-1215 (2007)
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007.
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Abstract
- During spring and autumn 2001, we screened 13,260 migrating birds at Ottenby Bird Observatory, Sweden, and found 3.4% were infested with ticks. Four birds, each a different passerine species, carried tickborne encephalitis virus (TBEV)–infected ticks (Ixodes ricinus). Migrating birds may play a role in the geographic dispersal of TBEV-infected ticks.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10806040 and 10806059
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.4ebe307e4f7d4217be0ca9d6a7fcf947
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1308.061416